Manicure-tool



'A.. E. CHURCHILL.

MANLCURE TOOL. APPLICATION FILED on. 7. 1920.

1,364,075. Patented Jan. 4, 1921.

4 mm mm m. Luna msmmm by c.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

MANICURE-TOOL.

Specification of Letters Patent.

' Patented Jan. 4, 1921.

Application filed October 7, 1920. Serial No. 415,271.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ADELBERT EVELIN CHURCHILL, a-subject of the King ofGreat Britain, and a resident of the city of V10- toria, Province ofBritish Columbia, Canada, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Manicure-Tools, of which the following is aspecification.

My invention relates to improvements in manicure tools, and the objectof my invention is to provide a simple, inexpensive, and handy deviceadapted to becarried on the person by the use of which the cuticle atthe root and sides of the nails may be cut and trimmed with great easeand convenience.

I attain this object by the construction illustrated in the accompanyingdrawings in which- F1gure 1 1s a perspective view of my device.

Figs. 2 and 3 are views illustrating its practical application.

Fig. 1 is a sectional view taken on the line -i4i of Fig. 1.

Fig. 5 is a sectional view taken on the line 5-5 of Fig. 1.

Similar figures of reference indicate similar parts throughout theseveral views.

The device consists of a handle member, indicated generally by thenumeral 1, having one end enlarged to form a gripping portion 2, whileto its opposite end is secured a plate 3, preferably formed of razorsteel, two opposite edges 4 and 5 of which are formed concave to fit thecurve of the nail, the other two opposite edges being formed convex, asat 6 and 7. The edge 4 1S blunt and is used to push back the cuticle atthe root of the nail while the edge 5 is of razor sharpness so that bypressing it on the cuticle and drawing it toward the end of the nail thecuticle is cut away, the concaveconstruction of the edge 5 insuring aclean out without ragged edges as when a pocket knife, for instance, isemployed.

The end edges 6 and 7 are similar to the edges 4 and 5, one edge beingblunt and the other edge sharp, and they are used in a similar manner,the blunt edge for pushing back the cuticle around the sides of the nailand the sharp edge for cutting it.

From the foregoing it will be seen that I have provided a handy personalmanicure tool which is of great convenience for trimming the nails.

What I claim as my invention is 1. A. device of the class describedcomprising, a handle, a plate secured to the end of said handle twoopposite edges of which are firmed concave one of said edges being sarp.

2. A device of the class described comprising, a handle, a plate securedto the end of said handle two opposite edges of which are formed concaveone of them being sharp, the other two opposite edges being formedconvex one of them being sharp.

Dated at Quatsino, B. C. this 18th day of Sept, 1920.

ADELBERT EVELIN CHURCHILL.

